Shoe-lace holder



J. F. LOWE.

SHOE LACE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APB-18,1921.

1,41 3,859. Patfinted pr! 25,1921

A TI'ORIVE Y8 clear. and exact description.

Q -WED? em s? 0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'JAMES IT/Lows, a

- citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of l Vi'sconsin. have invented a new -anduseful Improvementin Shoe-Lace Holders. o'f-which the following is a full,

My invention relates to improvements in shoe lace h'o1ders,' and 1t eons'ists m the comi ions; constructions, and arrangeme t Q-mdescribed andcla m'ed. v

An 'object of'm'y invention is to provide a shoe lace holderfhavmgmeans for engaging with the upper of'a'shoe' and 'with from the knot in; the" lace.

be quickly'iand easily applied to'and removed from a 's'hoe andfwhenin "operative position occasions no discomfort' to {the A further objectof my invention is to provide-a simple anddnexpensive device of the type described that is thoroughly practical commercially.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended, claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application. in which Fig. 1 is a view showing the use and application of the device,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a detail of a portion of the device,

Fig. tion of the device.

Considerable annoyance is ordinarily experienced by wearers of laced shoes on account of the ends ofthe shoe lace becoming entangled with various articles and frequently becoming untied. It sometimes happens that injury to the wearer is caused is a similar view-of another porby a shoe lace having become fast in an obstruction. thereby tripping the wearer of the shoe. When the ends and loops of the shoe lace are tucked between the upper of the shoe and the leg of the wearer, as is TATENT JAMEsr. town. oriirrrnwanxns, isconsin.

ang loosely.

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SHOE-LACE HOLDER.- V

sometimes done, discomfort toj'the; wearer.

results and the upper of the shoe is bulged in such a manner as {to "detrimentally aii'ect the appearance of the'same. Vhen'my imspecification refi em nt; P t t d t- 35 1922,

proved shoe lace, holder is used, the loops and ends'of the shoelace are held in adjustedfpositifon without discomfort to 1 the w'earer and with the appearanceof shoe iil'iaricedrather' thanim'paired." HID carrying out my 'inventl'onpl'f provide two-se arable rocker members denoted gen many at land These'rocker members are formed f of any suitable" material,- preferably of light mca1',and ihave thei gener'al appearance illustratedin the drawings. It i to b ed at intermediate its llength and that "spaced apart c'oaXfially alined bushing members 1 and ;5 are carried by the b'owed portion on the, outside'f-thereof.v The rocker e notedythat"tl ie rocl fer member 1 member 21 is'pr'ovidedwith a cooperating "b i s "M ed 0a the? but'si-de} era; bowed portion? and is adaptedfor disposition between' the adjacent r ends "of the bushings .4 and 5 sheaths rocker members 1 and 2 are; arranged relative ,toeach votheri'n the' positions shom in Fig. 2. 1"'A"'pintle 8 is thenprojectedthi-bugh the registering bores of the bushings and secured therein in any suitable manner as by having its ends upset. whereby the rocker members 1 and 2 are hingedly connected together intermediate thei f'ends e The bowed portion 7 otthe rocker member setting the end portion 10 of the rocker memrocked bv pinching the end portions 11 and 13 together. The end portionsll and 13 are normally maintained apart by a V-shaped spring 14 that is disposed therebetween and has. parallel extensions 15 and 16 secured to the inner sides of the end portions 1 1 and 13 as at 17 The end portion 12 has agroove 18 in its inner wall adj acent the end there of and the end portion 10 has a ridge 19 90 2 continues in a reverse'bow 9, thereby ofion its inner wall cooperating with the groove 18, whereby an upper of a shoe 20 is gripped when inserted between the end portions and 12.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The end portions 11 and 13 are grasped and pressed together against the tension of the spring 141. The loops 21 of a shoe lace 23. are then slipped over the end 10 of the rocker member 2 and moved between the end portions 10 and 12 until portions thereof are disposed within the bowed portion 9 of the rocker member 2. The loops 21 are then passed over the end 11 of the rocker member 2 and will be maintained in the positions shown in the drawings when the end portions 10 and 12 are arranged to straddle the upper of the shoe in adjusted position relative the edges thereof, the member 1 beingplaced between the upper of the shoe and the leg of the wearer. When the pressure of the "fingers on the end portions 11' and 13' is relaxed, the upper of the shoe will be gripped between the end portions 10 and 12 on account of the tension .of the spring 1 1.

It will be understood thatthe loops 21 will be formed so that the end portions 22 of the shoe lace arerelatively short; Gonsequently, since the loops 21 are held in ad- -justed position, entanglement of the shoe lace with various articles is precluded. I claim.

1. device of the character described comprising two separablerocker members hingedly connected intermediate their ends,

and spring means disposed between said rocker members adjacent one end for clamping the opposite end portions thereof to opposite sides of a shoe upper and of portions of a shoe lace placed therebetween.

2. A device of the character described comprising two separable rocker members arranged to face each other and hingedly connected. intermediate their ends, said rocker members having their inner walls ward the opposite rocker member adjacent P the point'ofhinged connection so that the end portions thereof lie'in parallel'planes and the corresponding end portions of the two rocker members can be moved into parallel planes, and spring means disposed between said rocker members for maintaining the ofl'set end portion of one rocker member and the corresponding end portion ofthe other rocker member in clamping engagement with the upper of a shoe'and with adjacent portions of a lace of the shoe.

JAMES F. LOWE. 

